Lebanon Newswire (Page 7)

... This colonial phenomenon is the source of all threats to peace, security and human rights," Zarif said in Beirut, Lebanon, according to the Iranian Tasnim news agency. He further claimed that Israel is "the most dangerous enemy of human rights" ...
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... today for Best Election-Related Ad Campaign. Seeing other good snark out there? It's already after 5 p.m. in Beirut, Lebanon. Americans living there are stocking up on booze and coffee, and taking preparatory naps to make it through the long night ...
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The Syrian army said it had taken a strategic district of Aleppo on Tuesday in what would mark the most important advance in the divided city by Damascus and its allies in weeks, but rebels said the battle was not over. Civil Defence members run amidst debris after a strike on the rebel held besieged city of Douma, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria November 8, 2016.
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... and Anglican Christianity. The first Christian-Muslim summit was held in 2009 in Washington, DC, in the US. Beirut, Lebanon, hosted the second summit in 2011 and the third was held in The Vatican in 2014.
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Iran's top diplomat called on Tuesday for a political solution to the conflicts in Yemen and Syria, saying that continued violence in the war-torn nations would only lead to more bloodshed, with no one winning the war. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's remarks came during the second day of his visit to Lebanon.
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The Syrian army said it had taken a strategic district of Aleppo on Tuesday, in what would be the most important advance in the divided city by Damascus and its allies in weeks, but rebels said the battle was not over. People walk past rubble of damaged buildings in a rebel-held besieged area in Aleppo, Syria November 6, 2016.
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... But before he could sign release papers, in January 2015, his unit was sent to bolster forces on the border with Lebanon after senior Hezbollah commander Jihad Mughniyeh and 11 others - including Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps members - were ...
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The list of new destinations offered by Bratislava airport is getting longer and more exotic. After the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair launched its first Asian destination from the Slovak capital in early November, Bratislava airport indicates that it could soon offer two new destinations - the Iranian capital Tehran and the Lebanese capital Beirut.
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Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday welcomed the election of a new Lebanese President without "foreign intervention," considering the successful election as "a victory for all Lebanese." The National News Agency said that Zarif, who arrived Monday afternoon for an official visit, conveyed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's congratulations to Lebanon's President Michel Aoun.
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Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday became the first foreign minister to meet Lebanon's new president, a move that underscored Tehran's tussle for influence in Beirut with its regional arch rival Saudi Arabia. A Christian leader and close ally of Lebanon's Iran-backed Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah who was elected president last week, Aoun also met an envoy sent by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad earlier in the day.
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... AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS === BEIRUT: Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday became the first foreign minister to meet Lebanon's new president. A Christian leader and close ally of Lebanon's Hezbollah who was elected president last week, Aoun also met ...
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Visiting Minister of Syria's Presidential Affairs Mansour Azzam conveyed Monday a congratulatory message from Syrian President Bashar Assad to Lebanon's President Michel Aoun on his election. According to the National News Agency , Azzam emphasized after meeting with Aoun the "deep" ties between Syria and Lebanon, stressing that "we continue on the same page of constant and balanced ties."
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... standing up for what she believes in with her art makes my soul smile. Go get 'em Xriss!" Born in a small town in Lebanon, Xriss discovered her passion for music while singing karaoke with her family at a young age. She was fascinated with popular ...
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... This is just the beginning of Bashir's unexplained phone call story, which may have begun back in his home country Lebanon, where he was abducted and tortured for five days in 1974 because the PLO mistook him for a CIA agent... Tags: Creepiest ...
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... of my college years. In 2002, when my daughter Maria taught kindergarten at the American Community School in Beirut, Lebanon, I visited her there. Then the two of us spent two weeks in France. That trip was my first and only visit to Shakespeare and ...
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